Bernhard Heine
Bernhard Heine is a Business and Executive Coach at Professional Business Coaches, Inc. (PBC, Inc.), a company he founded to help business owners and leaders achieve their vision. Bernhard has more than 30 years of experience working collaboratively with business partners in all phases of business management, restructuring, and transformation, particularly in: strategic planning, marketing and sales, organizational design, engineering consulting, project management, coaching, and facilitation.
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Joe Zeliger
Joe Zeliger is a seasoned business coach and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in business ownership, sales, and operations. As the founder of a highly successful home services business, Joe built the company from the ground up — achieving steady year-over-year growth and consistent profitability. His leadership, operational expertise, and customer-first mindset earned multiple franchise awards and recognition for excellence within the industry.
Earlier in his career, Joe helped lead operations for his family’s business, Northeast Resource Center, where he managed field services and logistics across multiple client accounts. That experience gave him firsthand understanding of the challenges and rewards of running a family business — lessons that continue to shape his coaching philosophy today.
Joe also spent many years in sales and sales leadership within the technology and market research industries, where he consistently ranked among top performers. His success in building client relationships, negotiating contracts, and leading high-performing sales teams gave him a deep understanding of what drives revenue growth and customer loyalty — insights he now passes on to his coaching clients.
Now, as a Professional Business Coach and member of the Professional Business Coaches Alliance (PBCA), Joe helps small and mid-sized business owners gain clarity, improve performance, and achieve sustainable growth. His coaching approach is grounded in real-world experience and focused on practical strategies that produce measurable results.
Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University. He is a certified PBCA business coach and holds a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor’s License. He and his wife have two adult children, and in his spare time enjoys golf and chasing elusive trophy fish.

Roberto Martinez
Roberto Martinez is an international business and executive coach who draws on more than 35 years of global leadership experience to help senior executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations unlock their full potential. A Harvard MBA and former Bain & Company consultant, Roberto has guided leaders across North America, Europe, and Latin America through transformational growth, market expansion, and strategic reinvention. A certified business coach through the Professional Business Coaches Alliance (PBCA), he blends analytical rigor with a human-centered coaching style that enables clients to lead with clarity, adaptability, and purpose.
Throughout his career, Roberto has led and mentored high-performing teams in some of the world’s most dynamic business environments. As Senior Vice President of International Operations and Marketing at Cash America International, he spearheaded a major turnaround in Mexico—rebuilding culture, performance, and profitability. At Dell, he launched and scaled the company’s operations in Brazil, achieving top market-share rankings within 18 months and earning recognition as the “Top Direct Marketer of 2000.” Later, as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and International Development at IXS Coatings, he led the international business to 310% revenue growth, expanding operations across more than 40 countries.
As Founder and President of Caravel Global Advisors, Roberto advises CEOs, boards, and investors on leadership effectiveness, market-entry strategy, and cross-border growth. His coaching practice is grounded in the belief that enduring performance comes from clarity of purpose, disciplined execution, and the ability to align people and strategy across cultures.
A native English and Spanish speaker, with conversational proficiency in Portuguese, Roberto brings a uniquely multicultural perspective to his work. His clients value his ability to translate complex business challenges into actionable insights and personal growth opportunities—helping leaders navigate inflection points with confidence, empathy, and strategic foresight.
Roberto holds an Executive Education Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard, reflecting his commitment to staying at the forefront of innovation and leadership in a rapidly changing world.

Paul Maier
Paul Maier is a leading industry executive and coach. He is an experienced business executive with strong leadership, transformational expertise in enabling accelerated growth, profitability, operational effectiveness and delighting customers through teamwork.
In addition to leading and growing businesses, he has led multiple accretive M&A processes (and integrations) and played an active role in multiple liquidity events, including a successful SPAC. He has a proven ability to create innovative growth strategies and deliver results. This is exemplified by a track record of achievement and demonstrated success creating, growing & leading billion-dollar, customer centric services organizations.
He has unsurpassed experience in the IT and telecommunications industry and extensive product management, sales and services delivery knowledge.
In addition to his most recent role as President of the Services organization at ConvergeOne, Paul has held several customer-facing leadership positions at Siemens Energy, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Entex, and AT&T/Lucent. He holds an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Paul also completed an Executive Program with the INSEAD International Graduate School in France and is a guest lecturer for the Clemson Executive & Entrepreneurial MBA program.
Paul is a team-oriented leader. His passion for people, customers and aligning/motivating teams will be an asset to the clients he serves.
He is married with a wife and 2 adult children. He enjoys Ice hockey, boating, fishing, and travel.

Ronald Kutrieb
Ronald E. Kutrieb has an extensive career in real estate, finance, and entrepreneurship. He founded and served as President and CEO of SafeDose Pharmacy, a national company delivering packaged medications to care facilities, growing it to $20 million in sales before selling it in 2023. Previously, as Vice President at Homart Development Co., (subsidiary of Sears) he structured and packaged the company for conversion to a $1 billion real estate investment trust (REIT).
Kutrieb was also President and CEO of Realty Income Trust, a publicly traded REIT, where he grew the assets from $20 million to $100 million over a decade while maintaining profitable operations and paying consistent dividends. Earlier in his career, he worked as a high-performing marketing representative at IBM. Kutrieb has served in leadership roles for several professional and charitable organizations, including co-chairing the Harvard Business School New Venture Program and serving on the boards and president of the Newport County Chamber of Commerce and several Harvard and Colgate Alumni clubs.
Kutrieb holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was chairman of the Interclub Council and winner of the Best New Program Award for founding the Pub. He received a BA from Colgate University, where he was a Franklin G. Brehmer Scholar and played varsity football.

Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen is the creator of Culture of Sales Solutions™, a system that helps company leaders achieve strong and predictable sales results. He combines innovative sales manager training with an effective sales strategy to overcome the challenges faced by sales executives.
Michael has worked with hundreds of companies in various industries, from Fortune 100 to family-run businesses, to help them improve their sales departments and go-to-market strategies. He also provides sales leadership coaching and training and sales process development.
Michael understands that the key to transforming sales is not technology, but strategy and training. He teaches sales managers how to train their salespeople and lets them use their personal talents within a repeatable system.
Michael is the author of A Culture of Predictable Sales: One Sales Manager’s Journey, a book that reveals the proven framework and best practices of sales management. The book is written in a novel form with easy-to-digest takeaway sections for each chapter.

Silke Heine
Silke Heine is the owner of Simplify Holistic Nutrition. She is a lifelong holistic health, nutrition, and fitness advocate and has helped many people with nutrition and wellness over the last 15 years. You will be able to see Silke for one-on-one consultations to talk about your personal health and nutrition goals and learn about better food-choices that match your bio-individuality.
Silke is looking forward to helping many of you while combining her nutrition knowledge and holistic health beliefs with Simplify’s “whole health concept”. She is very open to recommendations and is looking forward to your input and how to best use her knowledge to improve your health and well-being.
Silke spent 11 years working in fashion retail in Germany, culminating her fashion career as a head buyer for one of the largest German retailers. While raising two children, Silke and her family moved from Germany to the U.S. in 1999 and started her own business teaching yoga and meditation. This led her to study Bioenergetic-Nutrition with Mark Mincolla, followed by obtaining her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Holistic Nutrition at various colleges/universities.
Silke finished her doctoral degree in Holistic Nutrition with Summa cum Laude. She also holds a Certification as a Natural Health Practitioner and a Holistic Nutrition Practitioner.
To further her education, Silke just finished a year of additional studying and is now a Certified Functional Medicine Health & Wellness Coach.

Philip Ashcroft
Philip Ashcroft is a Business and Executive Coach at Professional Business Coaches, Inc. (PBC, Inc.). He is an inspirational business executive with an extensive track record of increasing efficiencies, productivity, and profitability with an aptitude for identifying technology to create systems that enable businesses to excel and drive sustainable growth. He has specialized in change management leadership through numerous turnarounds, acquisitions, and restructuring. He is at ease interfacing at all levels and functions of a business, and a passionate advocate of individual accountability and outstanding customer service.
Immediately prior to joining PBC, Inc., Philip was the Executive Vice President of a multinational company responsible for operations across the US and Canada with a full P&L responsibility for a $500M business.
Philip’s expansive career has spanned process, manufacturing, and utility businesses, both in the US and UK. He has a comprehensive skill set, covering a wide range of business functions from strategy planning, business development, business process re-engineering, performance management, and contract negotiations to HR and organizational development.
Philip has a BSc DunElm majoring in Geology and is a graduate of the London Business School Executive Program. He is a Certified Professional Business Coach by the Professional Business Coaches Alliance.
Learn more about Philip in his recent interview with Marshfield Community Television.
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